Do you believe in God?

[Professer Frost]

Actually I think u should keep the profeser part, it makes u seem hypocritical.

I know. Is there any way I can make things right and be at peace with this forum?

[Holiday20310401]

I dunno.
In your avatar option you could have it say 'not a prof'.

Don't worry I prefer people's writing that has no intelectual extremeites like a prof would have.

" If ever I see a post with a super, transcendent, intellectually superior, opinion I will not say thank you for it, for I will not understand it"

[Professer Frost]

I hereby promise that further off-topic posts in this thread will not come from me.
Please proceed with the discussion!
- Frost

[Mephistopheles]

Originally Posted by Professer Frost

When I said the “unlettered Professor” I meant it. That wasn’t just obnoxious false humility. I mean come on, if I were really a Professor wouldn’t I know how to spell and punctuate properly?

A question to the Administrators: Should I change my name? I think that action might be warranted in order to keep this sort of thing from happening again. Or perhaps I should just quit inviting danger by appending a “Prof.” label to everything I post…

No the fault is my own. I did not lurk this forum before joining. I have never encountered you before. I have met actual verifiable professors on internet debate forums like this. I was naive enough to assume you were one, too. I didn't realize there was a Christian tune to your name.

I'm simply a dumbass.

Originally Posted by Frost

I guess it was. I think (with your kind permission) I’ll go crawl in a hole now. I’m feeling pretty lousy about all this. Once again, I’m really sorry.
- Frost
Edit: Sorry about back-to-back

I was being purposefully rude. I apologize.

Originally Posted by Frost

I hereby promise that further off-topic posts in this thread will not come from me.
Please proceed with the discussion!
- Frost

Don't feel bad here, I'm the stupid one.

[Didymos Thomas]

A question to the Administrators: Should I change my name? I think that action might be warranted in order to keep this sort of thing from happening again. Or perhaps I should just quit inviting danger by appending a “Prof.” label to everything I post…

Heh, my user name is the author of scripture. That has to be worse than a CS Lewis reference. I think you're fine.

Is there any way I can make things right and be at peace with this forum?

Don't worry so much? That's my advice, anyway.

[VideCorSpoon]

Problem solved...

[Holiday20310401]

This is funny, a thread about whether god exists or not turns into this!
Anybody want to figure out what my username means?

[VideCorSpoon]

Your right, Holiday. But one thing that should always be taken into account is the necessity for humor in a pseudo-serious discussion. It encourages relative perspective in a collegial setting.

Is it that unexpected that a discussion of God’s existence would devolve in some sort of way? Doesn’t this imply the very nature of the argument? The paradox can be examined but a relative response will always be given. This seems to be the nature of any philosophy, but even more so in this case.

I like to think of this particular question like a hot air balloon. We all fuel this hot air balloon with all manners of “hot air” and gradually the balloon will float away. The course may change, the passengers may differ, the very air might cool, but the nature of the question implies that the balloon will never reach even the stratosphere of our own normative world, even if there is a trained operator at the helm.

I have always thought that people who ask this question ask for an answer to something that cannot be answered. Yet they ask any way under the assertion that proof expresses truth. No proof other than belief can be given, so there is no truth in the affirmative. This is bad logic me.

[Holiday20310401]

I think that the humor implies the nature of this discussion.

[Professer Frost]

On the God issue: I am in the process of writing out my (current) thoughts on the existence of God. So please be patient while I re-hash Herbert Spencer and I’ll be right with ya!
- A. Frost